Predicate: usher
Roleset id: usher.02 , lead, escort, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
usher.02: USHER-V NOTES: Member of Vncls captain-29.8-1. (from usher.02-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| usher (v.) | Cotheme | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: usher (vnrole: 29.8-1-agent)
Arg1-PPT: person or event ushered (vnrole: 29.8-1-beneficiary)
Arg2-GOL: destination
Example: would not have expected this usage
person: ns, tense: present, aspect: ns, voice: passive, form: participle
[Visitors]-1 are ushered *trace*-1 into the premises by red-frocked doormen known as waiters, a reminder of the insurance market's origins in a coffeehouse in 17th century London.
Rel: ushered
Arg1: *trace*
Arg2: into the premises
Arg0: by red-frocked doormen known as waiters
Example: Ushering an event
person: other, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
I ushered the play on Saturday and I had a REALLY good time.
Arg0: I
Rel: ushered
Arg1: the play
Argm-tmp: on Saturday
Example: with source
person: third, tense: past, aspect: ns, voice: active, form: participle
That's the curious consequence of a daring experiment in form so successfully executed: it ushered the play from radical to canonical.
Arg0: it
Rel: ushered
Arg1: the play
Argm-dir: from radical
Arg2: to canonical
Predicate: usher_in
Roleset id: usher_in.01 , signal the start of, Source: , vncls: , framnet:
usher_in.01: USHER_IN-V NOTES: (from usher.01-v)
Aliases:
| Alias | FrameNet | VerbNet |
|---|
| usher_in (v.) | | |
Roles:
Arg0-PAG: signal
Arg1-PPT: thing starting
Example: so that's when it started
person: third, tense: present, aspect: progressive, voice: active, form: participle
But in the three leading political contests of 1989, the negative ads have reached new levels of hostility, raising fears that this kind of mudslinging, empty of significant issues, is ushering in a new era of campaigns without content.
Arg0: this kind of mudslinging, empty of significant issues,
Rel: [ ushering] [ in]
Arg1: a new era of campaigns without content